Radiator



(No Model.)

W. E. LANDON.

RADIATOR.

Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

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IVILLIAM E. LANDON, OF PHILIPSBURG, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES E. HUGHES, OFPITTSBURG, AND LEWIS N. IRELAND, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

RADIATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,480, dated November22, 1892 Application filed September 19, 1891- Scrial No. 406,181. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern; enters the top connecting perforated pipeand Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. LANDON, is distributed therefromequally in all of the a citizen of the United States, residing at tubesor sections of the radiator. This baffle Philipsburg, in the county ofCentre and not only forces the heating medium to the State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain top of the radiator, but at the sametime alnew and useful Improvements in Radiators; lows the water ofcondensation to fiow out of and I do hereby declare the following to bea the end of the lower perforated connectingfull, clear, and exactdescription of the invenpipe and thus down the supply-pipe. This tion,such as will enable others skilled in the construction is obviouslyforone-pipe work, I art'to which it appertains to make and use and withthese objects in view my invention the same. consists of the parts andcombination of parts My invention relates to positive-acting radias willbe hereinafter more fully set out. ators such as is shown in my patent,No. In the drawings,Figure1isaside elevation 457,649,issued August 11,1891. In the above of a baffle in the connecting-pipe, the latter 5patent I show a swinging check-valve in the being in section. Fig. 2 isa similar view of lower connecting-pipe as a baffle to prevent anotherform of baffle. Fig. 3 is a detail seethe steam from entering said pipeand to allow tion of one end of the connecting-pipe, hav- 6;; the waterof condensation to flow out. The ing its end plugged and provided with aobjection to the swing check-valve shown in small aperture. Fig. at is adetail view of two 20 my patent is that the water of condensationsections of a radiator, showing the baffle in rusts the same, thuspreventing the valve Fig. 1 in position. Fig. 5 is a similar view fromworking properly, as it sticks someshowing the baffle in Fig. 2 inposition. Fig. times on account of said rust. 6 is a sectional view oftwo loops of a radiator,

Now it is the object of my present invention showing the baffle inposition.

5 to provide instead of the check-valve claimed A represents the outersection of tube of in my patent a baffle adapted to fit into the theradiator, and B the next adjacent tube. end of the lowerconnecting-pipe, the outer These tubes or sections A and B are connected5 end of said baffle being closed, and a bent together by means of theperforated connectpipe projecting downward from the bottom of ing-pipeO, as is fully described in my Letters 3 the same to below thewater-line in the first- Patent hereinbefore referred to. The pipe tubeor section of the radiator; or the baffle O has small openings 0 toallow the water of may have the outer end closed and be procondensationto pass from the tubes or secvided with a depending portion to projectbetions into the perforated pipe 0. low the bottom and also below thewater-line, In Fig. ttbe baffle D is composed of a short 35 and aperforation near the outer end of the tube which fits snugly into thepipe 0. This lower connecting-pipe behind the baffle will tube D is ofcourse open at its rear end and be sufficient to allow the water to flowout, or closed at its outer end by means of the plate 8 5 the bafileitself may be perforated. If it is D. This plate D has a small aperturein desired, I may plug up one end of the lower which is secured one endof a bent pipe D 4 connecting-pipe and have a small aperture whichextends below the water-line in the near the outer end of the pipe onthe lower bottom of the first section of the radiator. side to allow thewater of condensation to- D is arib or flange extendingentirely aroundflow out. Either of the above forms of baffle the baffle-tube, so as toprevent the baffie from may be used, as the main object of my inbeingpushed too far in the pipe 0.

45 vention is to prevent the steam or hot water In Fig. 5 thebaffle-tube is similar to that from entering the lower perforatedconnectshown in Fig. 1, with the exception that the ing-pipe, therebyforcing it up the first tube plate D extends down past the tube properor section to the top of the radiator, where it D, as at (l, and belowthe water-line. In this instance the bathe-tube is provided with a smallaperture d, through which the water of condensation flows out of thepipe 0.

In Fig. 3 I drill or cast or in any other manner form a small hole 0' inthe lower part of the pipe 0, the outlet of which is below thewater-line in the first section of the radiator. The outer end of thepipe 0 in this instance is closed by a plate D. It may be closed by aplug or in fact in any desirable manner.

It is obvious that my radiator is a direct one, or what is known to thetrade a onepipe work. The steam enters the inlet Z and strikes againstthe battle-plate and is thereby deflected upward,as indicated by thearrows. Passing up this first section it enters the perforateddistributing-pipe (not shown) at the top, and passing through theperforations in said pipe is distributed evenly inall of the sectionscomposing the radiator, the water of condensation falling into the pipe0, as fully described in my patent hereinbefore mentioned, and passesout through the opening in the battles, thence to the source of heat.

The bulb on the lower part of the section A is always filled with waterof condensation up to the line on which the steam enters.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with two radiator-sections having perforatedconnecting-pipes to establish communication, of a baflle-tube with oneend closed, provided with a duct to establish communication between thefirst and second section at the bottom, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with two radiator-sections, of a bafl'le-tube havingone end closed and provided with a duct D and the rib D said ductestablishing communication between the first and second sections,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. LANDON.

Witnesses:

C. U. HOFFER, ALFRED MAYER.

